put the car away in the storage garage and tossed a cover on it. the GS may be put away until next spring unless i need it sooner. the weather here in OH has turned cold and rainy and i just don't want to risk ruining the car in the rain or snow.

on another note, i'm leaving today until oct 24th for some military training. so, i'll see you guys when i get back!

 

we'll see what happens as far as plans for the car this winter. i'm thinking maybe a GSL rear end

 

Nice!

I always love to see nice clean first gens.

 

thanks! the car has been a long process but it came together very nicely! i would love to paint it next summer but we'll see what happens between now and then.

 

well, after careful review and one last drive for the calender year 2009, the vibration seems normal as it seems its because of the poly bushings. so, i'm pleased with that finding and am looking forward to march or april to bring the car back out of storage.

 

went over and started it the other day. fired right up without a jump! can't wait til spring to have her back on the road!

 

IMO, you just can't beat a gsl-se...

 

i wish it was an SE.. just an SE engined GS

 

glad to see that the motor is still running well for you. I will have to stop over in the sring to pickup some parts off that shell if you still have it.

 

you're welcome to swing by any time!

 

car is now out of storage and in the driveway! it ran great all day and it felt so good to drive the 7!! pics tomorrow!

 

I replaced my front speakers with pioneers, but I didn't replace the wire I used the original wires, was I supposed to run new ones from the Radio to the new speakers in the front? and the back? I do get static but I know my ground is solid, can those factory amps make it do that?

 

Your car is really nice!! I keep thinking it's my car...lol the only difference is that my interior is brown and the seats are leather. I want to get the seats re-upolstered I know that leather is hot especially in summer but I like it

 

well, the 5th and 6th ports aren't working..the tube on the catylitic converter broke..well..rusted. so i'm considering using vacuum from the acv to operate the actuators..

 

tomorrow begins the installation of the a/c. i'm going to use all of the oem parts that i originally took off of the car. i picked up a brand new receiver/dryer and a new o-ring kit. pics tomorrow!!

 

i'm in the process of installing the original a/c back into the car. i got everything installed today. i still need to plug in the a/c switch on the dash (must have left it unplugged behind the dash when replacing the wiring harness) and i need one o-ring for the compressor and then i'll charge it and pray it works and lasts.

a/c bracket and pulley cleaned and painted, ready to go:



pulley mounted:



a/c compressor mounted:



condensor and receiver/dryer mounted:



the system all together:

 

I like your car..lol I went to Oreilly's to try to get that L6 Paint but they didn't have it, I didn't have a chance this weekend but I will go to Auto Zone and Advance Auto Parts to see if they have it.




[QUOTE=mazdaverx713b;10106275]i'm in the process of installing the original a/c back into the car. i got everything installed today. i still need to plug in the a/c switch on the dash (must have left it unplugged behind the dash when replacing the wiring harness) and i need one o-ring for the compressor and then i'll charge it and pray it works and lasts.

 

most napa auto parts still carry paint. i prefer ppg brand paint. if you have the bucks to spend, its totally worth it. are you planning a repaint? i will paint my L6 car after i finish my H1 85 GSL with the oem IMSA spoiler.

 

hope to retrofit to R134 and charge the a/c tomorrow. its been over 90 degrees here lately and not having a/c is kind of a burden.

 

I do plan to repaint but what I would like to start with since I will have to take my Brake Master Cylinder apart Is try my hardest to paint the Motor Compartment. I don't know how much paint to buy if I ever go and Paint the whole car.

 

got the refrigerant in and at idle the a/c blows pretty cold. today will be the test when i actually drive it, making sure the engine temps do not climb and making sure the refrigerant is not leaking.

 

i like the sanden system, it seems like it works better than the ND one.

 

i really dont have much experience with either. i can tell you that the sanden system is a lot more simple of a system and it blows pretty cold at idle. having the a/c back in the car will not only help my highway cruises on hot days but will convince my wife to ride in the car.. she demands a/c on 90 degree days, lol.

 

Did you have to do anything special when re-charging the system? Or did you just run the car, turn on the A/C and let the refrigerant into the low port?

 

when i installed the engine i removed all of the exterior a/c components. when i put them back in, i replaced all of the o-rings with new o-rings. i also installed a fitting onto the suction port (low side) that would allow me to feed in the R-134 referigerant. i did have to remove the valve core from the original fitting. other than that, nothing special was done. though i should have had it sucked and pressure tested and filled. seems to work ok. may need one more can though.